How to Prepare Rice Water and Household Fixes
Instructions from 1933 advise rinsing rice and using boiling water as starch for fabrics like muslin and lace. It suggests serving tarts with tea, using furniture polish on dry mops for polished floors, and mending rubber goods with adhesive plaster.
Whimsical New York Business Chief Adapts To Deafness
The article profiles a New York business leader who, despite severe hearing loss, remains cheerful and productive. On vacation he learned lip reading and later planned a stunt to surprise his staff, but an assistant with limited lip movement complicates lip reading. Also recounted are Willard Fairchild's outdoor clothes layout in Atlantic City amid a January blizzard and show-business notes including Judith Anderson leaving Fire Bird for Bermuda and Jean Dixon joining a Hollywood film project.
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Harold MacGrath
Cme
Fairchild
Atlantic City
Judith Anderson
Manhattan
Miss Anderson
Bermuda
Jean Dixon
Hollywood
Hughie O'Donnell
Jean
Mary
Sojourning in Ten Day All-Inclusive Fours to the Fall
A garbled excerpt shows a speaker asking Gee Billi about whereabouts and the reply claiming a personally conducted ten day trip including all expenses to the fall. The phrasing reflects a colloquial travel or joke item in a historical newspaper.
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Billi
Hints on Art of Making Biscuits
A Victorian style guidance piece on biscuit making notes simple ingredients flour milk water or shortening and baking powder. It discusses factors like flour type bread versus pastry and the balance of material for tender crumbly biscuits and avoiding underwhelming results.
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Cegard
Angie the Angler Fish Lets Hunger Do The Hiding
A playful profile of Angie the Angler fish from Cheerio Chapters. The creature uses a fish pole like a baited spear and a fringe of fern like fins to blend with sea scenery. Angie stalks minnows then strikes, mouth wide and teeth ready.
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Angie
Jie
A Peaceful Warrior Armadillo Struts On Daily Stroll
A vivid描写 follows an armadillo walking carefully on its hind legs with a poised step. The creature moves with a determined gait, its armored coat offering protection as it surveys the path ahead.
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Mr. Armadillo
Armadillo on Parade in a Night Run
A vivid description of Mr Armadillo wrapping into a ball armor and rolling to escape attackers. It notes his three jointed bands, head shield, tail covering, and flat hooflike feet. The piece highlights nocturnal habits in South America and hints at a meal of roots and insects. Dated 1932 from Western Newspaper Union.
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Mr. Armadillo
Heniy
Che
Millo
Tévou
South America
Armadillo
Union-1
Biscuits and Shortening Tips from a Baking Guide
A short guide explains how shortening amount and baking powder influence biscuit texture. It notes that at least one cup of flour per planful to one cup, with adjustments based on shortening, yields good results. Aluminum baking powder should be used in smaller amounts.
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Smalher
Origins of academy name and a biscuit recipe fragment
The piece discusses the word academy derived from the School of Philosophy at Athens and its broad use in education. It then shifts to a recipe note describing shortcake and biscuit making with measurements and steps for mixing, cutting, and baking.
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Academy
School of Philosophy
Academus
City
Athens
Bell Syndicate
WNT Service
McGuffey Readers Stir Old Springfield School Memories
The Illinois State Register notes Springfield public schools used the McGuffey Readers into the late 19th century and recalls their role in shaping reading and character. It mentions a planned Miami University monument to Dr William Holmes McGuffey with Lorady Fast as sculptor, funded by subscription.
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State Register
McGuffey
Springfield
Wiliam Holmes McGuffey
Miami University
Lorady Fast
Doctor McGuffey
Marttin van Buren
Theodore Roosevelt
Illinois State Register
Shortcake and Biscuit Doughs From a Pantry Guide
A baking guide explains mixing methods for biscuits and shortcake, noting fat choice affects salt, using two knives or fingers to blend shortening, and hinging on liquid amount for a soft dough. It details temperatures 450 F for biscuits, 150 F for a brief bake, yields ten biscuits, and suggests variations with fruit, nuts, and cheese.
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Beit Syndicate
WNU Service
Fifty and Fit Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin Ad
An old age wellness promo extols Dr Caldwell’s syrup pepsin as a simple daily stimulant for the organs. It promises improved energy, relief from bilious spells, and safer bowel health for adults and children, with non habit forming laxative use.
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Dr. Caldwell
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